The Brussels Post, 1890-6-6, Page 6111E HORROR OF IIISTORY.
BLOWN FROM A GUN INSTEAD OF BE-
ING HUNG.
A Rentinlseonee of the Indian Mutiny no
Rotated by aro Eye-witness—An Awful
Forst of Capital Punishment Adminis-
tered toMutineers. •
In the spring of 1357 I was quartered
with my troop at Sealkole, in the Pun-
jaub, within sight of the snow -cupped
Iimalayan Mountains, Lying beyond the
fortress of Jumrood.
The garrison at Sealkote consisted of a
troop of horse artillery, a battery of field
artillery, caned by the East India Com-
pany's service the Fifty second foot and the
t5"fxtII Dragoon Guards of her Britannic
Majesty's forces, and two regimeuts u£
Sepoy;. The mutterings, low at first.
of the great Sepoy mutiny had been
heard; the guardt over the European
portion of the garrison 11ad been doub-
led; the wives and children to the Elm -
peen officers attached to the native regi-
ments had moved into the European
part of the garrison, and a sharp watch
was kept on any movement among the
Sepoy;. Soon news reached us of the
revolt at Dinapore, quickly followed by
the outbreak at Meerut,the brutal mur-
der of the European officers attached to
the Sepoy regiments, together with their
wives and children, with atrocities not
Et for publication, and the memory of
which, even at this distance of time,
makes the blood curdle in one's veins.
Then came the news that the muti-
neers through the incapacity of the Gen-
eral fn command, had been permitted to
march to Delhi, without any attempt
having been made to prevent them, al-
though there was a large European force
stationed at Meerut. The sante atrocities
were enacted at Delhi, which contained
the arsenal for all northern India, and
would havefalleh into the hands of the
mutineers, but that a young Lieutenant of
artillery, with his own hands, blew up
the arsenal. It has always been an open
question whether he perished in the ex-
plosion, or whether he escaped on the
Meerut road and was murdered by the
natives, but nothing was ever heard of
him after. The East India Company
gave his widowed mother a large pension.
He was a native of Bath, and had been a
schoolmate of the writer of this article.
In the early part of June the European
portion of the Sealkote garrison was or-
dered to join a force that had been organ-
ized under the command of Brig. -Gen.
Chamberlin, to be called "The Punjaub
Movable C'ulumn," its object being to
hold in check the large force of Sepoys
quartered in the Punjaub and prevent
'them from marching to Delhi. We join-
ed that column at Annirkullee, the old
cantonment of the 'Chaise army under
Bunjeet Singh. There were five regi-
ments of Sepoy and, two of native cava-
lry then quartered there, and shortly
after our arrival some Sikhs who had
been enlisted in one of the Sepoy regi-
ments gave information that the native
officers were inciting the men to mutiny
and to march to Delhi. An investiga-
tion was ordered, and it was found that
two of the officers had deserted. ;They
were 'captured by some of Hodson's
Guide Corps, and brought back to the
cantonment, and Gen, Chemberlain or-
dered a drum -head court martial to as-
semble for their trial. They were con-
victed of inciting to mutiny and deser-
tionand sentenced to be hanged.
It was conclusively proven before the
court by men from their own regiment—
both Hindoos, Musselmans, and Sikhs—
that they had assembled the men and
urged them to murder their officers and
march to Delhi. The finding and sen-
tence of the court were approved by Gen.
Chamberlain, who issued an order, the
reading of which were about as follows:
"The findings and sentence of the court
martial, of which Lieut -Col, Campbell
is President, are approved, but to show
to thenathves of India that the British
Government hasno intention or desire to
interfere with the prejudices of caste,
the sentence of the court is changed from
that of being hung to being blown from
the mouth of a cannon, and the sentence
as modified will be carried out at sun-
rise to -morrow morning under the orders
of the officer commanding the garrison.
The Punjaub movable column and the
garrison will be paraded an hour before
sunrise to see the sentence carried into
effect."
The officer commanding tho garrison
directed the officer commanding the ar-
tillery to detail two guns to execute
• the sentence, and the two right guns of
any troop were detailed for that duty.
The troops were paraded as directed, and
formed in three sides of a hollow square.
on the left came the remaining four guns
of the troop, the battery of field artillery,
the guns being placed in echelon, so that
if necessary they could sweep the right-
hand slde of the square. Next came the
'.Sixth Carbineers, her Majesty's Fifty-
econd Foot, and a squadron of Hodson's
Horse; on the right were stationed the
motive troops, two regiments of cavalry,
and five of infantry; and as it was not
known but that there might be some at-
tempts at a rescue, the guns of the ar-
tillery were loaded, double shotted with
grape: and the cavalry and infantry had
their carbines and muskets loaded. Soon
was heard a band playing the Dead
.March, and the. procession appeared,
The prisoners marched up to the front of
the two guns at the base of the square,
their irons wore struck from them, and
the proceedings, findings, and sentence
of the court, together with the approval
and change of sentence by the command-
ing General were road by the interpreters
of one of the native regiments, in Eng-
lish and Persian. The interpreter was
an English officer, one being attached to
each Sopoy regiment,
The commanding officer then gave the
Order to the Lieutenant commanding the
•two guns to carry out the sentence, Ile
directed the prisoners to place themselves
with their backs to the muzzle of the
THE BRUSSELS POST. JuNic il, 78410,
thin plane I ,ut six fuer long, against PERPETUAL SUMMER•
whirl, do t p 1 teed tla'ntetitee, (he gun; -----"-'
li.tvin,; 1 tux lutisly leen loaded with the In Every Month t11a Alarvestere aro Busy
usual .c•a t lee blank charge of powder, Somewhere.
A. rope me then 11.51011 masted their While shivering around your winter
bodies, the gunners having bac»t cautlon- Are or looking over the 1%+ )ds just beght-
botc that it wto be without in anylung to turn green, did you ever think
that uvea at that very moment the
manner touching their bodies, as to be harvester is busy in surto path of the
touched by The haunts of an infidel tvtt$, world? And that, while ono hs resting
in their eyes, worse than death, The rid- another is brl»ging forth fruit.
prits were attontlad by a lot of Brahmin January sees harvest ended in some
priests, who kept on chatting eonetMug, districts of Australia and New Zealand,
int winch the prisoners joim'd, until the while the people of Chill and other
fnsteniag 5vus finished, wlien they were countries of southern South America are
told to withdraw, and the officer gave just beginning to reap the fruits of their
the command to light port lire;. and then toll•
the command to lire. Both flashes were February, Murch—Upper Egypt and
simultaneous, and when the smoke India begin and continue harvest through
elearud away- notating was left., but a mass these mouths.
of flesh and bones, unrecognizable as the .A.Ju•il enlarges the number with her -
remains of two human beings. A cry ran vest in Syria, Cyprus, const of Egypt,
along the lines of the native troops, fu Mexico, Cuba, Persia and Asia Minor,
Persian, "God is great!' The parade May is a busy time iu Central Asia,
was then dismissed• the native troops Porsiu, Algeria, Morocco, Soutlu'rnTexas,
marching back to their cantouments, Florida, China and Japan.
Gen. Chamberlain w•as severely eriti- Juue calls forth the harvesters in Cali••
cised at the time by tho European press fornia, Oregon, the Southern United
for having changed the method of execu-
tion States, Spain, Portugal, truly, Hungary, from hanging. He was influenced Roumelia, Turkey, Danubian States,
to make tete change by soldiers and civil- Southern France, Greece and Sicily.
Ian servants of the company, ,mon who Julysees harvest in England, Nebraska,
understood the native rltaracter well, Switzerland, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
and also by many prominent natives on Minnesota, upper Canada,Northern orthernthe ground that it wa, jeuertlly believed France Germany, Austria ndnupte,that the mutiny was brought about by an besides several unnamed northern
states
impression which seemed to prevail in our own country.
among the Sepoys the 1the Government in- 1 August continues the gathering in the
tend in some way to destroy caste prejud- British Isles, France, Germany, Belgium,
leo. Had they been hung, either some low Ilolland, Manitoba, Lower Canada, Den -
caste native or an European soldier would mark and Russia,
have had to du it, and would necessarily I September rules Northern Scotland,
have had to lay hands on the culprits. southern parts of Sweden and Norway,
Their caste would have been destroyed, as well as the cold islands of the North
mad this would have lost them all ]topes Sea,
of their Paradise, and would have left ! October is the harvest month for corn
the impression no the minds of their in America and for hardy vegetables
mends that they were irrevocably lost.— in Northern Sweden, Norway and Ire -
limes Democrat. land.
A 11ERIOC WOMAN. November harvest time begins in South
Terrible Experience or ;mks Lacy to the Africa, Patagonia, and South Australian,
south -Puente ship,•reek, , December ends the year by ripening
Dy the Australian mail we have for the fields of Argentine Republic, Para-
guay.the first time fall partirttlats of the Uruguay, southern part of Chili
Quetta disaster, in which 110 tires were and Northern Australia.—[St. Louis Re -
lost, and the narratives of the survivors. public.
We subjoin the principal points in the' $oa,000Left tonPoor Little Girl.
graphic statement of Miss Lacy, un- 1 Little Anna Clara Keuoy, the 7-y ear-
doubtedly the most interesting figure in old daughter of a poor seamstress ,
the events of that calamitous night in the has
fallen heir to �2G,000.
Torres Straits. Miss Lacy says she was The circumstances attending her in -
sitting in the saloon writing a letter, the heritances are unusual.
other ladies being practicing fora 1311-raveThe child and
cart, when, withoutamoment's warnin herta Lindenidstreet.
for several pyeriod
they heard a loud satin sound, the slut at Jn dl,middle-aged street. Durfng tian period
rocked violently , and tg chorus or con a kindly, vistegentleman of fly,
fused voices broke out on deck. Miss man origin,ovisited Clas fancy
the
Lacy rushed on dick and alreadythe Mrs. a passing
regarded his thoughthfor the
ship was sulking, ! child a he g n t em, and ssceased.
d. That
6 !when the gentleman's visits ceased. Thant
"Going aft," she says, "was like walk-' was in April. Yesterday site was fin-
ing up hill. The part to which I was formed that A. P. Iieesecker, a banker
making my way was high above the wat- and lawyer of Greenville, Miss., had be-
er." But hardly had she reached the queathedher $46,000.
aft part of the vessel than it too rapidly Steps will be taken to have a guardian
sank. and in a moment 200 human beings appointed for the bright little heiress
and a large number of sheep "were
all in tate water in a heap, the people; New malting atachine•
struggling and shrieking terribip." Miss The N. B. Agriculturist describes a milk -
Lacy with great difficulty managed to ing machine, invented by one 1Purehlmtd,
extricate herself from tie confused mass, and which has rer-ently been teste,i at Rin.
and, being a practiced swimmer, sic- marouoek, Scotland, It says; Briefly des-
ceeded in getting clear of the whirlpool the idea , the machine is simply an evohttiou of
caused by the sinkingship.She then theid a e bodierugthebelh--and-sudden-tote
found in every druggist's shop for drawing
relieved herself of all superfluous cloth- the milk from a woman's breast, An Ito ,
ing, and swam about for two hours in section -tube is fitted tall round the byre, and
the hope of coming across some of the above the cows, and from this an indict -rub -
survivors, j ber tube descends to rho vessel into which the
At midnight she heard a cry from a milk is to be drawn. A belt is hung over
distance, and swimming towards it, found thecow'sbnak and from this belt the close
that it came from a raft rudely and hast vessel into which the milk is to be drawn s,
ily constructed bythe chief officer. She about aeo Four asehalf
long, terminerate
to in
about foot and a Ira1P long, termiaete in
availed herself of this temporary refuge, this vessel, and at the other end they have
and remained on the raft until noon next tiny decks which go on to the separate teats
day, when finding that it was making no of thetow. They do not grasp the teats, but
progress, and fancying that she saw an fix themselves by the force of the suction to
island on rho verge of the horizon, Miss
the udder at the roots of the treats, The sue -
Lacy determined to trust once more to
tan
iforce is supplied by a force pump erect -
bur sw'ilnmiu )overs and, in spite of en a corne'of the byre, which can be east -
lid of the
the strong remonstrances of the chief vessel is manaof glased s, so that thea boy.alose milkmaid scan
officer, she dived into the ocean incl struck see at a glance that the four different streams
out in the direction she had marked out of milk from the different teats are coming
for herself. But she had grievously mis- all right, and this glass cover is also held
calculated the distance of the island, on by the suction; and as soon as the suction
All that afternoon and i
far nto the force is switched off, the glass lid can be
night she was in the water without life- lifted off and the tubes withdrawn from the
teats. It may be objected that some dlflicul-
belt or support of any description, reliev- ty would be experienced in keeping these
ing herself by swimming alternately on india-rubber tubes clean, particularly dvrfug
her face, back, and sides, She said she the warner weather; but there is no reason
felt no fear of the sharks that abound in wby they should not be made of tin, in which
these tropical waters, but the fearfully ossa they sriouhd be efrecttvely ateanged by
hot sun scorched Iterte.•ribly,and every Fnday wt, btitne water. se seen boil
now and thou she had to thrust her herd sharFriday last, the tau necks of these tubes were
ed the
under water to save herself from sat- uddepi, and sat the ons of this) t wl eep.•ts were line i nod
stroke. She is under the impression that to think that thebell•shape would be better
for a part of the time she was asleep in but these are details which the inventor will
the water. At length, after being for 20 soon make right, The cows at Raining
hours altogether alone in Torres Straits, Mains seemed t c like the meo'Panical milker
she was picked in an almost exhausted very well, at tenet they ohewed rho cua over
condition byaboat belonging tothe search complacentlywhihetho n-t,bt5h2:Id:atvn
steamer Albatross. from diem by the tendon -tribe, The initial
cost of the apparatus should:not be great, and
For some hours after her timely rescue alt gethi' the simplicity, of the machine is one
she was delirious, and fancied herself of the strongest points twat can bi urged in
living in a submarine hotel. No more ='=-:' 2. -
signal proof of the value of swimming as' An Almost Torgotten Minstrel.
a lady's accomplishment has been fur- I meet Billy Birch, the old -tins minstrel,
nished for many a day than this extra- on Broadway nearly every afternoon, Billy's
ordinary experience of Miss Lacy's. face has been seen 'on the end" by nearly
Envy ttising, every theatregoer in the country. He hangs
Early rising is synonymous in long life his around the Bijou Theatre now meet of these
toEar, with short slesynonymous
which magna a rapid sunny days enjoying the society of the
newer generation, Billy is portly, white -
recovery from fatigue, a sign of bodily 1 hatred and lame. He says one of itis con -
strength. These scientific facts in no wise founded legs seems to be older than tbeother,
contradict the alleged value of early rising as Itis the one he used to bang the tamborine
a practice to be cultivated by all persons in on while Charley Backus held up the other
good health. It isttxcellett as moral discire wing of the circle. Birch is chuck full of
line, and eminently healthy ns a natter of stories of the stage and road—stories that he
fact, Most persons will eat three meals tells with great gusto. 'What a story oflife
daily. Mem a nun gots tip late those meals such a man could tell if ho could use a pen as
will probably follow each other at too short well as he can use his tongue, Birch and
Interval tet be wholesome. When he is an Backus were the two most prominent pope -
early riser it will probably be otherwise. ! lar end men who ever travelled. Pocr
He can enjoy a good breakfast, and by the Backus w as shot down on Broadway years
time for his lunch or mid-day dinner he will ago while Birch lingers, a poor man, too
honest appetite again,—,The British Medical old to work and too jolly and vigorous to
J� diet—N, Y, Letter Pittsburg Despatch,
A Bandtome Young Author. In the matter of authentic records for rop-
Ona of the handsomest FFawcett,
he non men in ing with the lariat, none probably exist. One
liotham is Edgar 1 aweott, the novelist Ifo hundred and sixteen feet has been claimed
is a very bard worker and generally gets for a California man wow traveling with
88,000 for the serial publications of his novels Buffalo Bill's show, whips 90 feat has b
He ie a scholarly man and is quick at seeing 1 uffaloed for a Billings been
the shams of social life, and delights to wield p ) gs are
1)) man, but
both of these records are preposterous,
his kaon lance against them. Ho le a hauler I The average cow -puncher from Texas to
for andlives at the Vnton Club,—Chicago
Montana vacs a repo which rarely reaches Ge
Herald's N. Y. Letters I lest, and from 12 to 20 feet must be deducted
A doctor says a man 1 meter 7o centime- from this meeso'o for oireinnfetyoncb si
tern (5 feet ilincbes) should weigh 80 kilo- noose. Sometimes a so -trilled "California
agvns. �ltetelding RP against each was a mop, IQ dtemldO. _. g _.- 1 ioa.33 =� this htr nearly G heti
A NIGHT WITH CANNIBALS, The Law of Labor end Law of Rest. ( HEROISM OF A BOY,
" ItenneuAmr the SnLbath slay to keep it
1'w0 ilcsl.Il71t4 of Seattle Witnekm the body. Sir bus shall thou labor and du all 't Roma r:rlb1' l;leet or 5'IllrrtnndEnda.1
Urates of 111' Nahaittt Indians. thy work, Inst the seventh dey is the sal, lore front 85c' ao0)1511 ,
(1,1 1, uuul Ilauks aunt .lino ]Jutchrw,n, Lash +d the Lord flay laud, in it thou shalt : Free ;a remote pw f , t di.ta t .11slralm ,
tw., 1101 do nay' wnrla, thou nut• th ' son, nor thy 1u 11' the world array Irma us , nuwspalrr
) ,•nuzens of S,wtti0, have• just rcturm,+l y
fuss it two months' cruise u1 the uort.h,,tyc daughter, Ihy 1111111 sot' ‘13111, tint' illy maid',fines, ('4111(531 strange name tl:)' a'"!u•yt.nvr•
port of Ilritish Columbia, nod they tell suite 63""111, nor illy cttl.tl', ant' the stranger ;on. It devotes several cohuw41 • I,c,•"ubl,
thrilling stories f sights t.h,,y lave seen and that is all bill thy glues, for la six days the . of a (mating a einem nod fatality 5/1,4 1,
dangerous ndrentui•es they cxt,erirure,J Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and ill c'urred at110.6ha(,
nptee, ueveel,tn,], The
lug their cruise. The old Jitu+sou tiny Cent that fni them is, and rested
tile set•eut•jl, heed toaster of the .11b'ntuwvi State S. laud
p;uq's u•aq)pers all unite int calling�• the past w'ht•ccfore Chu Lord hlrsscd tilt S eb bnaUl I raid his assisuutt uadt 11, pupils out. for a
5tiutn'r the worst th:d luta been lcnnw',t le day and ha113,wed it."---lti:rode.4 xx„ 1'11, i holiday t•wmrsfno ruwtd the liep;,rl lslatele,
that purl of the eunnt,V in the lust forty Above lh,• noise. and din of our common life I (Int" idtin' hops was lnndcd shortly after set -
years, mrd n leaf or two from their leg hooks we )tare heard in the week gone by a steal ,ug int ; the other remained rte the boat ;
ninny that the cruisers found that feet to be et -y of those u•ltn earn their daily bread by his mune be Walter 'Mummy' I he bunting
:ally too tette, daily labor, The cry dues amt Ignore the Party la•16 nu hec. 1,I, uta+nujtug tr m;Lke a
A reporter happened to meet then. Banks dignity of loiter, nor ask to be t•eleased Pram three a volt s n i ufsc•,campulg nut uec avr isdby.
sti the street, and at alis request the (0(1,','- its claims. At tilt' heart of 1; tht't'e 1s a plea 1, ltit Ill! 1la»' veal' 111,' weather l)eenllle
al recited tie story of his most exciting and for less labor and more test. That the plea squally and dnugerons, Una or txyo tc:nes
interesting cruise, The story is interesting, is well sustained none will titivation, And broke over the bunt. Clayton, the assistant,
and is gA•en below in the language of (len, who does not wish that the lot of many who trot 111,1710118, being very 0118(0 to about the
Ranks himself. Ile begirt his nervation as toil mead have n pleasanter path to walk 11010 lad. I lila wan t do, he surd, Jibbed
follows : and an easier burden to carry '1 We need thesnil, and the boat upset. in an instant
"We started out full of great expectations not dist';; the whole tptestian now, but all three were slrngglbag in the water.
and ;dement anticipations, and we. did not et it not pleasant to turn to the omelet. (ton then, showing coolness and
realize for a moment what male we would pages of this Look and find that the law rum'age, dived, cut the stays, raid unship -
have to go though, and I tell yeti at times of labor and the lav of test nverlup each I,j Mend ea iiuo "m4. Clayton liot 11
t i11eith, the
the
it required a great deal of western poets to other, and are hound in MBepanable
;et IQlead. Those who are acquainted builds. The commandment that came anchor. 11 hen all was got to rights, sal fares
wit it the difficulties of travelling in summer from Sinai, amid thuuderiuge and light• could be, Walter \InaneyWas swept awayIy
a coast forest, with its Wings and awful tempests, guarding the 14 wave, and had t0 lee. "wiled' lows how•-
sanctity of the ancient Sabbath, w315 int one's ; ever, it was found that the hunt was sittkingb
Ttlm`s:IN (0 nN t'i'1ra,Ttil) a law' of 1,11,01' its hull es IL law nI rest
1 and could carry only the boy. 1'llry lashed
trees and still worse upheaved foundations, The Sabbath was not established as neaprit'e' . I otoy to the boat, hopeless of hearing of
.an readily imagine Trow mach greater sherd- on the part of n lawgiver whose lays rpt rung hint again, bade farewell to each other, all
ship it was for us to travel over three feet front caprice rather that eternal righteous•' tune, and the two teeehcre stern elf to the
of snow 011 0level, and ,veasiotally strike nes;, Sinai was the mountain of eternal distant shore. Clayton's retriever dug a0•
hilts much deeper, and a great deal too order and of eternal righteousness ; tato vmnpanied them. It has instin(•tively caught
much tangle of sal-lal bush for snowshoes. , fingers that have graved those majestic lays 11P a Piece of bacon in its menta and kept up
But to add to all our difficulties, our half. upon the table of stone were moved by a wtth tient. Unfortunately all grew tired, and
breed guide and the Indian packers refus. divine wisdom ; as all the ages of the world the dog tried to get on its ntnster a bark.
al to go with tax as soon ns we had penis. 1 since,give ample attestation. The law of Ulnyton thought to kill it, but Smith feared
trated a short distance inland, 1\'e had !Sabbath sanctity and rest followed the week the blood might bring up the sharks in that
just sighted some hills which they said the 1 of work, First toil, then rest. To invert dangerous sen. At length, suddenly, Claxton
pass ever, and they ulna
anal l neallegedthe order would be folly, to tryCo xoporo10 and dog disappeared, and 111,1(1) reaelteil the
that no huntnfi being had ever sncceeiled the two would be absorb. ?test the work island only in time, as it large shark swum
o the attempt. then conies rest. Without the rest, wort: mutt. "Sensational ns was Smith's escupo
They strongly urged and prayed Cts not to w¢
!that
change to slavery ; without the toil ft'mtt rt ttory grave," Says (het (cprirn,•ri08
pt'ueued any further, but welled started out ; that gives zest to leisure rest would have no it is eclipsed by that of the lad ylunney."1
with a determinationto accomplish a work, !meaning and no worth. Let is listen this was nal supposed that be could survive ;the
Lnd we were not to be. baffled so easily in :morning to the unlsie of that grand old Lunt WIN water-logged and the l,(1t, rrrt
:he beginning of our journey.5otrepoekr l lcotmnnudmenC the world lots been wise tad again broke (icer it in a bitter brine,
tp a couple of week's rations told an axe in 'enough to hull dear through gcncl•atiens and h)rffting, drifting 11'0111 I::io through 11gh the
out• blankets, and shouldering our Win. !centuries. Lot Cts call it the law of labor long afternoon under It Living sou - drift-
•hestees we pushed on alone. Oh, what a land the law Of rest. Just as nnmh a paw of ing still, without food or drink, as the std
journey that was! I shall Clever forget it ; htbm• as a law of rest. What a plant*' "i 51111 sank over the invisible routinent--dritt-
ts lotgFa.4 I live. !the days of that dessert life, when :all w.ts nig Ihruugh the long w:rrh,.• of the dark
"Where thesttow 11'35 too soft and deep 1001W,ctrbuessand surely all was not itdream ! slight. parched with a fever of tined,
we managed to make progress by crawling, Everybody worked in those days, Sous of lnmisLerl filmdom; Gassing, drifting till the
,n our hands and knees, and at times we the Itansehold and daughters, too, had their changing torte of the Southern( Tess till the.
were obliged to hay down and roll to prof nut share of toil, anti even when the visitor mono turn of vudnnght Was tar past. Then the
,f the snow. It w'ushat0 straggling 1,), day ;it wits not only to be •• entertained "but Lunt was carried to the short on the impels,.
,nt the gnaw made a soft bels at night. Ito take a shave in the life, and the life of "f the great unves. Now came the peril of
tVe canoed over 81)1) miles of one journey, . every household lartant re'nsnnable toil. perils, Thr phtc•e it appr"13!.'11"d was the
bud 501110 of it was in very' rough waters. !And so when all pad .13,1,0 what cane to the most dnugerntis nt th0 coast'ileo ropgll
lint Chu ,pot of all in the nook of work, joy bells rang reefs of reek 111 inn into the sea, leaving a
311K1 ATAil t t0 -n tsxt'ttatii\t'li 1 through the tents of Israel, and then sellsrocchrism between thea,, '1'(1 1'i111 on 1411111
we had, and the one thttt would interest you :and daughters, even set'1•aut.s and maid -ser. Tla�he 15 vermin
1111(31owa aksnnd inevitable death.
most, happened one day5 ants, the strangers who were visitors ul b r c i the Leat in its ir•
PP jest ns we were g
running into a clave to avoid a storm. We!w•ay'•farers, the oxen and the asses ---all had resistible grasp, and with one mighty rush,
got into the cave all right enough, but tun- I workedand all were now to rest. And hurling it along, shot it right into the 1111,01)1
tgine 010• horrorand disgust when we found, Pence, ma peace as the Sobbttth always and up on the sandy Leath in safety -Ly
ourselves in the midst of the Xahw'itti lis. firings brooded over lamed. \Ve have often (i0fl s protddr'oce. 31031, Walt, r \lo'Hey
diens at their ea 1,ntbal orgies, • ilmd impressed upon ns the moral that n shank tiff the ]nose Lashings, the insecure
"We watched the heathens during the day 1 well spelt Sabbath brings a happy week ;rolstruggled
l fi a[led on shore, and fall down on the
at long range, but under assurance of safety, :and there is great truth in this teaching. f asleep, utterly worn out. I?arty
we ventured after awhile into their circle at But the moral works every way. A wet w the morning he w'f 0 a5vnke, nod Was seen
night and watched them. I can only describeof idleness is not a good preparation for the walking, in a dazed state, but with the
the sight this way; There was a high lire of Sabbath, any more than a misspent Sabbath steadfast purpose of speeding help t., its
logs in the centre of the circle, winch was its a good preparation for it week of toil. Let east1lwll3" friends. lip his means Snaith was
constantly attended by two Wren, and occa- Cts look upon the labor that fills our hands
quickly
reeesfound—hopeless,if',m11,,,leuef icc,lr fur
sionally there was an extra hiss and Hash as with more gracious oyes, as we think the
some uneaten fat was thrown on, The entire weary Saturday is but the well-prepared along period, and amazed at the boy's us
tribe encircled the fire, dressed in blankets I altar that las been all week a building for cape. Grant credit is due and Brett credit
of many brilliant hues. There were naked sacrifices.
is given to the young lad in all the papers.
It is worth a week of toil to know the true
the hallowed fires of the Sabbath sacriHis steadiness in the boat when Claytondancers, and a dozen or more lusty 8,,,,-„g„ It nerve, his courage In the wreck, and
with ettt 111 their hands sotueboating all maxim- I tells {C111L�etigtSabbath's lstat. 8o life's to the rest Ibitlt PC his stout heart through all the weary day
paniment to their wild songs and dances, g
a,nd the whole sight made a weird Beene that ;mains for the people of God. mrd night of danger, combined with his
feast consisted
forgotten. Their is not soTheir promptness of actiuu on land, are all worthy
of the bodies of their dead. They seldom
of (511100.
kill strangers to furnish food for these lima Fatal Beauty, FLASHES FROM THE WiR> S.
rabic orgies, as they wore all the time quer-1 In the 12)th chapter of Swat's translation
veiling between themselves and generallyhttd of the "(;este Rotnanarltm"w•e are told,
enough dead bodies of braves to satisfy their I writes Mr. W. A. Clouston, in Notes and It is said that ft is lfltelye, Protestant con•
appetites.Queries, that the Queen of the North , having gregation will be found for ex•Priest 111arttn
I had been told in Victoria of the poral• beard of the great profioiney which Alex-
In Jlontrcltl.
bility of this, and warned that when wild ander the (9erat marls in learning under the
with the dance the braes rush out and bite tuitou of Aristotle, "nourished her daughter
a piece out of the first person they cone to. from ler cradle on a certain kind of deadly
Now I have no objection to be eaten after I !poison, and when she grew up she was on -
am dead, but to be bitten by one of those wild ' aidored so beautiful that the sight of her
fellows would bees undesirable as the late of alone affected many with flintiness." The
amad dog, and lest in their excitement they Queer sent this perilous damsel to Alex -
might forget their promise of immunity, 1 ander, who fell desperately in love with her
held my hand undermy overcoat and grasped at first sight, But Aristotle know all about
a 44 -calibre revolver that would have fflur• it at a glance, and warned his royal pupil of
nisled rations fitting the occasion, her deadly nature. He then caused a male -
"Our sense of security was not increased factor to be brought, who was contemned to
by one of then staking a speech, noticing death, and searccly hal the elan touched
our presence and berating the white man's her lips before " his whole frame was int•
Government for trying to deprive the poor pregnated with poison, and he expired in
Indian of the pleasure of being a cannibal the greatest agony." Alexander thanked his
occasionally, especially if lie only fed upon wise tutor and returned the girl to her
his own dead. father, This curious tale, as \Vat•tolt hos
"'rhe boys crawled behind the older pee. pointed out in his "History of English
pie and hid, men were bitten, or simulated Poetry," is founded on the 250 chapter of
it, and I was afterward shown scars where the , Secretion Moretount," ascribed to
they claimed to have been bitten., But we Aristotle (a ;pumas work compiled in the
were not molested. One brave, however, middle ages), untitled "Do Paella Nut•ita
probably to te>t us, made a flash in our dime. Venom," whore it is a king of India who
trot but others caught and turned him an• tins endeavor's to " do for" Alexander.
other way. 11 wasan all•night session ; no one Warton adds that he thinks that Pliny
was allowed to leave till through, which was rives some account of nations hose natural
5 o'clock the next morning, We had seen fw
ood was poison ; that \lithrfdrates, piing of
enough, though, and were glad to leave, Pontus—land of venomous herbs and the
We i,raoeedel on our journey and came country of the sorceress Medea—was Buy-
back again without anymore exciting adven- posed to eat poison ; and that Sir John
tures, arriving in Seattle only a short time. Mandeville's " Travels" would probably
ago. But I never in my life put in such it afford other instances, It would seen that
tight as I did the time of Inose frightful this talo of the girl nourished on poisons
orgies, and I candidly confess I don't want was derived from India, In the great Sam
to soot again." skrit collection, " Rothe, Sarit Sagara," or
"Ocean of the Rivera of Story," by Soma -
NEWFOUNDLAND NEWS, dove (i ased upon a much older work,
_ " Vrihat Naha," or "Great Story," by
rhe Kidz tipped Constable—What 111e lin. (lltuadhyo), it is related that " the minister
perial Authorities N'lil dn6 of Bralunadatta laid snares inthe path of
the King of Vaasa as he advanced. He
liwumet1 June 5.—Tho Newfoundland con• tainted, by means of poison and other dela-
stable who boarded the French fishing vessel terious substances, thetrees, flowering
1Ia•ie to arrest the captain and was taken to arcepera, water and grass all along the lino
sea, was subsequently landed on a lonely of tnaroh. And he sent poison damsels as
(gland known as Red island and left there, dancing girls among the enemy's host, and
The French War ship Iudre followed in par• he also dispatched nooturnal assassins into
stat of the iolarie, ascertained whore the con. their midst," [See Prof. (1. I -h TaWney's
ethnic had been landed and rescued him and translation, published at Calcutta,] In the
took him to his home at Port au Basque, same work it is told of another damsel,
whence he was kidnapped by the Marie, named Umnndini, that evey one who be-
e# letter from St. John's states that cable held her became mad. It is well ]clown
advices from England are to the effect that that in some parts of Atustria•lf utigary
the British Government has dropped the horses have arsenic administered to then in
filer of settling the diffietltybetweei France order to render thole coats sleek and glossy
and Newfoundland upon a money basis, In before they aro taken to market, ail that
ease arbitration is decided upon in order to the peasant girls take arsenic in largo quail -
determine the meaning of the treaties the titles to improve their complexions, which
government of the United .States will probe. it certainly does, though it is said to rot the
bly be asked to name one of the arbitrators. bones, Whetter the kissing of any of those
• poison eating girls would cause instant death
Miss Winnio Davis, youngest slaughter of to the " rash youth' I do not know ; but
Jefferson Davis, is engaged to i1•Ir, Alfred probably not.
Wilkinson, of Syracuse, who is the grand-
son of the Rev, Samuel May, of Massaoll5-
setts ; the nephew of the Rev. Joseph May,
of Philadelphia ; and the cousin of tiles
Louisa May Aloott, all of whom were 'odd
abolitionists," and earnest supporters of the
civil war, After this, who 5110 1 say that the
Ora of reconstruction lags?
Thrieo is he named who hath his quarrel
just,
11511 six times he who gets his blow in fust 1
And nine Limos he whose adversary's bust,
And ten times tort who in a Colt cloth treat.
Same Thing,
Irate Wife—Oh, you 1110a1 wrotah 1 Vol
promised to bo hone at six o'clock last
evening, and. here it is six o'oloelt in the
morning.
Intoxicated Husband--Zat's all (hie) right,
my dear, mat's six of 0101 and half -doyen of
z'othcr, Same thing,
When Dixoy playa the barber he acts
Well his part—the heir.
The Spanish (Government has decided to
give an English syndicate the oonutract for
the Cvban Central railway.
Oen. von Caprivi will accompany Emperor
William to England to assure Lord Salis-
bury of the combined friendship of Ger-
many.
The Department of the Interior have sent
8,000 traps to the North-West, designed to
catch gophers, which threaten to become n
pest in that eomllry.
John L. Sallit•an and Joe McAuliffe have
been matched to light for 85,000 and the
championship. The fight is to take place in
Virginia or Texas.
Judge Oasanit, of Quebec, has decided
that the municipal 1)y -law passed in March,
1889, imposing taxes on the gats and tele.
phone companies is illegal.
The police believe Anarchists and agita-
tors are arranging for explosions in London,
Additional precautions are tieing taken for
the protection of public buildings.
Arolthishop Fabro, in a pastoral letter on
the Longue Pointe fire, suggests that the
terrible disaster may have been n divine
chastisement to enforce a better observance
of the Lord's clay.
Olnistanity in the Household.
The Living Cleureh(P. E,)snys; "We hear
a good deal about tato lack of religious teach.
flight the schools. How about tato lick of
ft in the homes of professing Christians?
Theparente who complain most loudly that
the bible Is not read in wheel, do they
rend it at home ? Is the household gathered,
intoning and evening, at the family altar,
to )tea' the words of Holy Scripture, and
to join in prayer anti praise? In how many
00505 is tete entire religious training of tie
child turned over to thoSnnday school, with
its one hour a week, in width a variety of
interests anti exercises claim attention?
In how few instances do parents and god-
parents neJ,'leot their bounden duty and prfv
ilago, while they complain that rho State
does not attend to it? By all moans let ue
have the Bible in tate school, but whether it
is found there or not, let n0 have it it our
hones, not closed upon the shelf, but open
and read daily by tho assembled household,"
,"
A Child's Faith,
Hero is tb gond ohild story: A few !tights
ago a Catholic friend of trine was besought
by his little daughter fora onetribntiot to.
ward the fair for ape Mission of Our Lady of
the Rosary. jokingly he gave her a bad
quarter of 14 dollar, saying that she Might be
able to use it in some way,
" Oh 1 1 know what I Neill do with it. papa.
I will lint it is the plate 110x1 Pallidity, and
(Ind •v111 make it good,"
Stiol, unstring unnfieloe° was too much for
my friend, lin tools hack the, lead quartos
and gave his daughter a good dolls•,
.An Unhappy Marriage,
TTa (The
n% t
taint;
wedded to iArt.,"1 vary w011, but h0 is
"Tim Art should get a divorce ou rho
ground of incompatibility,"